Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-01-20

By MIR. Cumber, to encourage the
study of medicine.
Council bills passed:
Providing for the registration OF
school orders; also giving railroad en-
ployes compensatory damages in case of
iss..s
Council bill No. 80 was rejected. Re.
lates to the name OF entering and
satisfying judgments.
Adjourned.
HOUSE.
The speaker announced the following
committees and changes:
Temperance-Fletcher. Sprague. liar
kins, Dodds, Potter, OF Miner, Mallory,
Wlse.
Insurance-Rodger made chairman,
vice Ward, resigned.
Railroads-Hobart, chairman, in place
OF Stewart, resigned.
Observation-Disclosures, chairman, vice
Roger, resigned.
Appropriations--Berry chairman, vice
Fletcher, resigned; Jones, vice Potter,
of Miner; Woltzmuth added.
Ways and Means-Stewart, of Fall
River, chairman; vice Hobart. resigned.
Penal MISUNDERSTANDING and
Dutch added.
Charitable Ihstitutions-Fly and Mil
tlmore added.
Mr.. Sprague offered o joint resolution
asking the removal OF the saloon from
tho capitol basement. Unanimously
adopted.
Messrs. Moore, Dodds and Fletcher
we're appointed q committee to investi-
gate the saloon matter.
Bills were introduced:
BY MI. Miltimore, providing Tor the
publication of the laws in newspapers;
also exempting discharged soldiers from
poll tax.
By Mr.. White, providing a bounty for
killing black birds.
By Mr.. Pruitt, relating to the prevent
ion of illegal voting.
By Mr. Patton, of Lawrence, for the
division of counties.
By Mr.. Aikens. regarding the salary
of district attorney.
By Mr.. Bidlake, pertaining to tax
sales.
By Mr.. Mallory, requiring the registry
OF county warrants without charge
By MIR. Mallory, to prevent drunken
ness.
BY MIR. Fletcher, for local option.
BY Mr.. Moore, pertaining to register
ing voters.
By Mr.. Sprague, regulating interest
and defining usury.
The house bill prohibiting the extern
sion OF the time for the payment OF the
1886 tax passed; also, council bilis for
printing 800 copies of the congressional
act restricting special legislation; also q
.concurrent resolution browning Blk daily
newspapers for each member OF the
legislature.
Adjourned.
SEVEN SIGNED A COMPACT.
81. Paul Pioneer-Press Bismarck
SPECIAL. 18th: Tonight ramors are not
Il wanting. One which receives some
oredence is that the reorganization of
the southern combination carries with
it ths abdication of Crosse % speaker. to
make room for Stewart, who resigned
1.-The craftsmanship OF the railroad COM
mittee to secure HobRrt's return. There
are not wanting those who believe this
, story. III Is known that the southern
members are offended with Crosse for
, having ruled against them yesterday.
and some OF them are doubtless ready
to revenge themselves upon him. Just
now it looks as if the whole fight OF the
past two days had been made for the
, object OF making hobart chairman Of
! the railroad committee. If there are
not influences behind all this greater
than appear on the surface, then signs
are delusive. Just what Mckenzie hope,
to get by securing Hobart does moi
just now appear, But let the farmers
. keep their eyes open. There is growing
7 DISCUS at the performances OF the pas
? few days, and if members do not lool
, out they will oon earn q reputation al
bad as that of any preceding legislature
The Pioneer Press correspondent ID in 6
position to state positively that sever
southern members who allied themselves
with the north signed q written compac,
In terms substantially as follows: Tha,
= they would vote with members from
north Dakota on all motions or reHolu-
? tions having for their purpozeth entire
reorganization OF the house committees
. and removal OF the present house OF.
ficers. including the speaker, il deemed
advisable, aud the election OF 9th
= ers in their stead. In return for thu
and included in the compact which the,
signed, was an agreement to pass bill
for the removal OF the United State'
court from Yankton to Mitchell, an ap.
Precipitation for tho reform schools q
Plankinton, and reasonable appropria.
tlOub fOE Rtl oxlHtAn& puDlAC 1uctisusAOu6
: This compact, signed in the wes sma
: hours of Monday morning, is in exis
: tence and bears the signatures of thu
: seven gentlemen. This much the Pho
neer Press correspondent absolntel,
= knows. In addition he has good authori
= ty for saying that twenty-four hour
later three OF the same persons signed
second compact agreeing to violat,
every pledge they had made in tn,
2 former one, and that they were COMPEL
I ed to accompany their signatures witt
d an affidavit.
Indian Rights ASSOCIATION.
Washington, Jan. 1.-THE Indian
/ rights ASSOCIATION is inclined to be de
q cidedly aggressive, and some OF tb
speeches of its members are becoming
! : SO pointed in calling the administrator
j to account that they must be notices
: ere long. In a speech IN Baltimore thi
. week, Mr.. Herbert Welsh, secretary o
O | the association. said: "The general Ian,